Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012

Amendment of section 24 of Act of 1997.

15.— Section 24 of the Act of 1997 is amended—

(a) in paragraph (a) of subsection (1)—

(i) by substituting the following subparagraphs for subparagraphs (i) and (ii):

“(i) the value of the donation,

(ii) the name, description and postal address of the person by or on whose behalf the donation was made,”,

and

(ii) by inserting the following subparagraphs after subparagraph (ii):

“(iii) the date on which the donation was received,

(iv) whether the donation was requested from the donor, and if so, the name and postal address of the person who requested the donation, and

(v) whether a receipt issued to the donor in respect of the donation, and if so, the date on which the receipt issued and the name of the person who issued the receipt.”,

(b) in paragraph (a) of subsection (1A) (inserted by section 50(g) of the Act of 2001) by substituting “€1,500” for “£4,000”,

(c) in subsection (2)—

(i) in paragraph (a) by substituting “(i) to (v)” for “(i) and (ii)”, and

(ii) in paragraph (b) by substituting “(i) to (v)” for “(i) and (ii)”,

and

(d) in subsection (4)—

(i) by substituting “€1,500” for “£4,000”, and

(ii) by substituting “€600” for “£500”.